A Gold Explorer for the SummertimeContributed Opinion

Aben Resources Ltd. (ABN:TSX.V; ABNAF:OTC.MKTS) looks like a very attractive speculative gold investment here for three big reasons—one is that, as we will see, it is at the support of a long-term trendline that goes back years, two is that its drill programs in the northern wastes are highly weather dependent and the summer drilling season is just cranking up, and three is that gold and silver are now about ready to start major bull markets.

We'll start by taking a look at the long-term 10-year chart, on which we see that, after a horrendous bear market from 2011 through 2015 that resulted in it becoming almost worthless, a low Pan base formed which Aben has made a couple of unsuccessful attempts to break out of. The second attempt was on tremendous volume, which means that investors thought that the company was "on to something." Well, they didn't find anything significant last year so the stock dropped right back into its base pattern, losing all the gains made on the spike, and as we can see it is thus still historically very cheap, which is the main takeaway from this chart.

The 3-year chart is most interesting as it enables us to see in more detail the "drilling season spikes" of the past two years, which is where investors get all excited as the drills start turning because they might find something, and then get fed up and go away when they don't. From this we can make the simple deduction that it doesn’t matter whether they find anything or not, the key to trading this stock is to ditch it for a whacking great profit on the next summer spike before any results are published, or at least half and the rest if results are not favorable. This chart also shows us that the stock is at an optimum entry point before the next summer run up, because it is right down on the long-term trendline, and very cheap. Volume indicators are unimpressive but these can turn up with the price.

Lastly, we look at recent action in detail on the 6-month chart. On this chart we see that it attempted to rally away from that long-term trendline just last Friday. Going on price alone the move looks insignificant—it lost two-thirds of its intraday gain to close up a miserly half a cent, at least on the Canadian traded stock, but the story here is not price action but volume action, especially as volume precedes price. This rally attempt was on the highest volume for five months, which means it drained off considerable nearby overhanging supply, and also indicates that savvy speculators are piling in ahead of the expected summer rally. We should therefore do likewise. We can also see on this chart that Aben is still substantially oversold relative to its 200-day moving average and its MACD indicator shows big upside potential.

Lastly, more senior mining professionals know from their own experience that when summer comes around, the thoughts of younger men, particularly those out in the field, may turn to other matters, perhaps resulting in distraction from the task at hand. However, there are simple ways to mitigate this. For example, if the song "In the Summertime" comes on the radio, the men can be encouraged to substitute the line "you've got drilling on your mind" for "you've got women on your mind" if they sing along.

Conclusion: Aben is believed to have an active drill season coming up, and speculative interest is expected to mount as it progresses, resulting in potentially big gains from the current low price. Great entry point here at the long-term trendline. Tactics are to take profits, or partial profits, before any drill results are announced—partial because you never know, they might find something, and there's actually a good chance of it considering they are drilling in British Columbia's Golden Triangle as well as Saskatchewan and the Yukon. Aben trades in light but acceptable volumes on the OTC market. There are 63 million shares in issue.

Clive Maund has been president of www.clivemaund.com, a successful resource sector website, since its inception in 2003. He has 30 years' experience in technical analysis and has worked for banks, commodity brokers and stockbrokers in the City of London. He holds a Diploma in Technical Analysis from the UK Society of Technical Analysts.

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